Highways Supervisor

Whittlesford 

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company Van plus fuel card

Generous pension scheme / Life assurance / Personal accident insurance

Milestone Infrastructure look after 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.

We are now looking to recruit a Depot Supervisor for our Whittlesford  Depot, in Cambridgeshire.

This business-critical role will support the Area Manager in the successful delivery of the Cambridgeshire Highways Services contract in line with Milestone values, policies, and procedures. The role requires a positive working relationship with the client, the contract team, the wider Milestone team, the supply chain, and all other stakeholders.  Also, responsible to organise, direct and be responsible for the day-to-day management of the operations team to ensure they are working in a safe and efficient manner

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Delivering the services in line with the contract requirements and to the satisfaction of the client and their customers
• To ensure all work allocated is appropriately programmed, planned, supervised, and executed in accordance with specifications, drawings, dimensions and within agreed
• commercial limits.
• Continual focus on operational gross margins of all work that you are delivering, from the pre-works planning stage, to on site supervision - through effective management.
• Responsible for the day-to-day Health & Safety of directly employed staff and Supply Chain Partners
• To ensure all work carried out is in accordance with local operational procedures and Milestone policies by ensuring all work instructions have target cost/and or job code and that any changes to work requests are formally recorded and coded
• Agree, set and monitor performance objectives in terms of time, cost, safety and quality programme
• Provide training, development and encouragement to staff and operatives to ensure all works are resourced with sufficiently competent and motivated resources for the role expected of them
• Ensure a regular timetable of internal communication with staff and operatives for which you are responsible.
• Deliver regular toolbox talks and safety briefings to site staff
• Effectively manage all vehicles and plant used in the depot.
• To actively promote continuous improvement within the depot
• Provide support in the development and mentoring of the apprentices
• Be prepared to be involved in Emergency and Winter Maintenance.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Experience in construction delivery and workforce supervision
• Commercially driven to be able to capture working cost efficiencies, cost control and saving money wherever possible for the mutual benefit of the client and Milestone Infrastructure
• Experience within the highway maintenance industry would be desirable and CSCS, NRSWA and SSSTS/SMSTS.
• Effective team management, leadership, motivational and influencing skills to get the best from everyone
• Excellent customer skills and the ability to demonstrate influencing in all situations.
• Good general IT skills are essential, and ideally, you’ll be proficient in Microsoft Office products
• The ability to drive excellent relationships with contacts at all levels – from the client to colleagues and contacts across the wider Milestone company
• The ability to remain flexible in your approach to the role whilst embracing change and helping to drive that change through the wider teams and through into the delivery

At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.

This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.